Cuomo steps up pressure on insurers after Sandy

4:21 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

New Orleans firefighters David Nick, left, Bill Spiers, center, and Bruce Hurley, Sr. tour the Breezy Point section of Queens, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. The New Orleans Fire Department is returning the help given to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina by firefighters and other emergency workers from New York. Breezy Point lost more than 100 homes to a fire that swept through the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Haley Viccaro
Albany Bureau

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that insurance companies will have six days instead of 15 days to send adjusters to homes and businesses impacted by Superstorm Sandy.

Online report cards will also be created detailing insurance company's performance following the storm, Cuomo said at a news conference. He said insurers need to speed up the process for homeowners and businesses to make repairs to damage caused by the Oct. 29 storm.

"The problem is one of just scale and quantity," Cuomo said. "You have about 360,000 people that have insurance claims right now, so you can imagine the ...